Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Third in the Micro series from Chatelaine done!

Here it is! Last week I mentioned I changed most of the colors on this Micro 03 by Chatelaine...8 of 11 to be exact. Frankly, the lime green silk and olive shades were not to my taste. I loved the Dinky Dyes Blue Bush however, so I changed many threads to a more blue green, keeping the same values of light to dark, in order to compliment the Blue Bush silk. I did use a couple of more yellow green, less jarring threads, and I think it gives a nice variety of piney shades, from longleaf to blue spruce. I love playing with colors! The PTB and Delicas stayed the same, and again I used the center over one motif (about 1.5 inches across) from the first colorway, and everything else from the second colorway. In all it's about 4 inches square!



I think I'd better return to Holland Landscapes and try to get the last window filled with it's landscape scene before returning to the Chinese Garden.....really in a Chatelaine state of mind lately!

At least I have an excuse for spending most of my time stitching these days....I tore a tendon in my right knee, and just today got an MRI on it. Have to wait until next Tuesday to see the orthopaedist again and find out if I need corrective surgery. We are in a late spring heat wave, so I don't have any trouble staying inside with my leg up and stitching away the hours!

13 comments:

  1. Love the colors you used instead of the originals! Hope your knee gets better soon!

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  2. That is so beautiful. I love the way even the tiny Chatelaines look as good as the large ones.
    Get well soon knee. At least it wasn't your elbow or wrist!

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  3. So very beautiful!! I love the colors you chose.

    I hope you get better soon. At least it gives you a really good reason to sit and stitch!

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  4. That's beautiful! I just love the colors you chose. Gorgeous shades. I wish I could do that!!

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  5. Gorgeous. Just gorgeous. Love those colors.

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  6. Stunning!!! Love your colors. Hmm, hope you get good news and won't need surgery. Take good care.

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  7. Another beautiful micro finish - congratulations. I love all the colours you have used.

    All the best in regards to the knee. Enjoy the stitching time

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  8. Stunning finish! You did an awesome job on the conversion. :)


    Hope your knee feels better soon! :)

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  9. So sorry to hear about your knee. Hopefully you won't need to have the surgery and you'll be better soon.

    Your stitching is gorgeous! All the beads and the specialty stitches really look lovely, and I think you made wonderful colour substitutions. The greens and blues remind me of a serene lake in the middle of a cool shady forest - very refreshing and blissful :)

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  10. Sorry about your knee! I will be joining the Chat Micro 3 group later this month. Your Micro 3 is really pretty. I would like your conversions if you don't mind that is, as I agree, your choices look better.

    Carol A.

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  11. Beautiful colours you've chosen and so well stitched.


    Hope your knee improves.

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  12. It's BEAUTIFUL!! I love the colors...from your description, I wouldn't have liked the originals, either.

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  13. Thanks Heather and everyone! One more to go in the series coming in August!

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